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Overview

CPCA is committed to building primary care workforce capacity for community clinics and health centers in California. In the report, Horizon 2030: Addressing California’s Primary Care Workforce Needs we see at current utilization, California will need an estimated 8,243 additional primary care physicians by 2030, a 32% increase compared to its current workforce of 25,153 workforce (as of 2010). This does not take into consideration the behavioral and oral health needs of our populations. We need immediate and impactful solutions today. Read on for more information and resources related to CPCA’s recruitment, retention and primary care workforce training efforts.

CPCA Compensation and Benefits Survey

The 2018 CPCA Compensation and Benefits data collection tool is now available!

The Compensation & Benefits Survey is conducted annually online to collect detailed information on compensation structures for executive, clinical, and administrative positions for California’s primary care community health centers (CHC). It allows for CHC regional and statewide comparisons of compensation levels and benefit policies and is an important strategic management tool for community health center leaders. We thank those health centers that participated in the 2018 survey, and encourage all others to participate in the 2019 survey, slated for August of 2019.

Health Center Careers

This resource is available to job seekers and employers in order to create a perfect fit in a community clinic or health center. Health centers are able to post job openings in an easy, effective, and time saving manner. Job seekers can also share their resume and look for specific healthcare positions. Learn more here.

Current State of CA Health Center Residency Programs

By 2030, California is projected to need between 39,331 and 44,188 primary care clinician FTEs, an increase of 12% – 17% above the current demand. Developing and/or expanding community health center residency programs is a viable option for helping to address these shortages. Community health centers are ideal training sites for medical residents, especially those dedicated to serving underserved communities and disadvantaged areas of the state. To expand the existing knowledge set around the current state of residency programs in California’s health centers, CPCA commissioned Schoen Consulting to complete an environmental scan between June 2017 and February 2018. In addition to primary care medical residency programs, research was also conducted around the postgraduate training of nurse practitioners and physician assistants (NP/PAs) given their impact on workforce development in health centers. In addition to extensive external research, a total of 35 California health center and consortium staff and experts were interviewed for this report.

This workforce resource packet is intended be a small warehouse of workforce-related resources that support recruitment, retention, training, and care transformation efforts in community health centers. You can expect to find a variety of toolkits, reports, research publications and funding opportunities. This packet is not a complete inventory of all health workforce related materials available – it is an initial survey of workforce resources that we hope will be of value to our community health centers and allied partners.

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About us
CPCA represents more than 1,300 not-for-profit Community Health Centers (CHCs) and Regional Clinic Associations who provide comprehensive, quality health care services, particularly for low-income, uninsured and underserved Californians, who might otherwise not have access to health care.